With ‘taking action to lower drug prices’ becoming Americans’ top priority for the 116th Congress, the Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing (CSRxP) launched a new website to help members and their staff better understand the drug price crisis and the bipartisan, market-based solutions needed to make drugs more affordable for all Americans. “Lowering prescription drug prices was […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Lauren Blair (201) 213-5004 [email protected] SHOT: Analysts Suggest Drug Makers Are Changing Their Ways: Analyst Says Industry Appears To Be “Self-Policing.” “Umer Raffat, an analyst at Everscore ISI, said the increases this year appear to be modest, similar to the past couple of years, as the industry adjusts to pressures on […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Lauren Blair (201) 213-5004 [email protected] The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing (CSRxP) Communications Director Lauren Blair issued the following statement in response to a new study from RX Savings Solutions that found more than three dozen pharmaceutical companies raised the prices on hundreds of medications earlier this week: “Just like that, […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Lauren Blair (201) 213-5004 [email protected] Washington, D.C. – The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing (CSRxP) issued the following statement after meeting today with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar: “We appreciate the opportunity today to discuss affordable drug pricing with Secretary Azar.  We applaud his leadership and are encouraged by the steps […]

Washington, D.C. – The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing (CSRxP) issued the following statement in response to a report that 30 pharmaceutical companies are expected to increase drug prices next month, which follows Pfizer’s earlier announcement it would revert back to “business as normal”: “This news shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone.  Big Pharma has blinders on and the […]

For Immediate Release: Contact: Lauren Blair (201) 213-5004 [email protected] Washington, D.C. – The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing (CSRxP) today issued the following statement in response to the introduction of the Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act: “Big Pharma has been gaming the U.S. patent system for decades, fortifying their monopolies with frivolous patents that block out more affordable drugs.  The […]

For Immediate Release: Contact: Lauren Blair (201) 213-5004 [email protected] The trade association representing the world’s biggest drug manufacturers – which are making record-breaking profits – is investing millions of dollars into … lobbying, advertising and public relations with the goal of “convincing the public that the industry isn’t ‘getting away with murder,’ as Trump put […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Lauren Blair (201) 213-5004 [email protected] Washington, D.C. – The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing (CSRxP) today issued the following statement in response to an announcement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on its new proposal to lower prescription drug prices: “This proposal is a clear indication that the administration […]

For Immediate Release: Contact: Lauren Blair (201) 213-5004 [email protected] Washington, D.C. – The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing (CSRxP) today released its latest ad, “Sarah’s Letter,” as part of its multi-phase campaign to make sure members of Congress deliver on their campaign promises to lower drug prices. In this ad, Sarah, a life-long diabetes patient, writes to her congressman […]

60 Minutes Uncovers Life-Saving Drug with a $4000 Price Tag For Immediate Release: Contact: Lauren Blair (201) 213-5004 [email protected] In case you missed it, CBS News’ 60 Minutes aired a report just before Thanksgiving on Evzio, a life-saving naloxone drug used to reverse opioid overdoses.

As correspondent Lesley Stahl reported, a two-pack of Evzio once cost $575. But […]